Bordeaux and Strasbourg are going to face off on Sunday the 23rd of January at 3:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Bordeaux at the Stade Matmut-Atlantique. The encounter will be officiated by Mikael Lesage.
Bordeaux sits in the 19th position in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 6-0 loss against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 10 times.
Strasbourg sits in the 4th position in the standings with 35 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Clermont in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 10 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 times.
Strasbourg won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 12th of December against Olympique Marseille and the score was 0-2.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 19.05%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 4-4-1-1 (3 times), 4-1-3-2 (3 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times) and 4-3-3 (2 times).
Vladimir Petković is expected to play against Strasbourg with the following players: B. Costil, R. Chaby Mangas, S. Rode Gregersen, T. Pembele, R. Oudin, F. Rodrigues Barbosa, T. Lacoux, U. Hwang, Y. Adli and A. Elis Martínez.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Bordeaux would be 26.89.
P. Baysse, L. Koscielny, G. Mensah, J. Junior Onana Onana, O. Passos Santos, M. Zerkane, J. Briand, S. Kalu Ojim and A. Traore will definitely miss the match.
Vladimir Petković will not be able to have the presence of I. Sissokho who is suspended.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 85.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (18 times), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Julien Stéphan is expected to play against Bordeaux with the following players: M. Sels, G. Nyamsi, L. Perrin, I. Sissoko, A. Caci, D. Liénard, J. Bellegarde, S. Prcić, K. Fila, A. Thomasson and K. Gameiro.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Strasbourg would be 27.64.
A. Djiku, M. Le Marchand and H. Diallo will definitely miss the match.